Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 38, March 1, 2021, Page H882):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' and Article I, Section 8, clause 18 allows Congress to make all laws ``which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution'' any of Congress's enumerated powers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  342 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e86b00be6d9f354335ed0dad1f96fe1fc2242f3c6f62c0da601e5e25f3b4c6f

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.